Comment Re:Reporting Database (Score 3, Interesting) 567
Presumably apart from server load it wouldn't be a big deal assuming the users are working on a read-only login?
Submission + - NIS Reloaded
hellsDisciple writes: With LDAP seeming like quite an involved process, is it time to look at a standard for LDAP databases for system authentication? NIS seems so simple, LDAP does not. Throwing Samba and all it entails into the mix muddies the water more. Is it time for a simple centralpasswdd which works off the server's /etc/passwd? Central authentication should be a case of turning on the server, providing a domain/server name and hitting OK.
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